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Introducing multipart download support for AWS Tools for PowerShell v5

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This article announces multipart download support for AWS Tools for PowerShell v5, enabling faster S3 object downloads through parallel transfers.

  • Read-S3Object and Copy-S3Object cmdlets now support opt-in multipart downloads
  • Two strategies available: part number (default) and byte-range downloads
  • Customizable parallelism with concurrent connections and part size settings
  • Directory downloads support file-level and part-level parallelism simultaneously
  • Available in version 5.0.208 and later across all module variants
  • New parameters include -UseMultipartDownload, -MultipartDownloadType, -PartSize, -ConcurrentServiceRequest
  • Fully backward compatible; existing code continues to work unchanged

AWS Tools for PowerShell v5 now provides efficient multipart downloads for large S3 objects, reducing transfer times through parallel connections while maintaining backward compatibility.



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